A free man thinks of nothing less than of death, and his wisdom is a meditation, not on death, but on life.
BARUCH SPINOZAMen govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than their words.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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Self-preservation is the primary and only foundation of virtue.
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Men are mistaken in thinking themselves free; their opinion is made up of consciousness of their own actions, and ignorance of the causes by which they are determined.
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Reason is no match for passion.
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Nature offers nothing that can be called this man’s rather than another’s; but under nature everything belongs to all.
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The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.
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No matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides.
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Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.
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In practical life we are compelled to follow what is most probable ; in speculative thought we are compelled to follow truth.
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The more clearly you understand yourself and your emotions, the more you become a lover of what is.
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Philosophy has no end in view save truth; faith looks for nothing but obedience and piety.
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I have striven not to laugh at human actions, not to weep at them, nor to hate them, but to understand them.
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Pride is pleasure arising from a man’s thinking too highly of himself.
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When a man is prey to his emotions, he is not his own master.
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Nothing in nature is by chance. Something appears to be chance only because of our lack of knowledge.
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We feel and experience ourselves to be eternal.
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